Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama to campaign together for the first time


Michelle Obama will appear with Hillary Clinton for the first time this campaign during an event Thursday in North Carolina.
Clinton's campaign made the announcement Sunday, with press secretary Brian Fallon calling the first lady Clinton's "not-so-secret" weapon. Obama has hit the trail for Clinton six times since July, when she made an electrifying speech at the Democratic National Convention. "She's been an absolute rock star," Fallon said.
Without ever saying his name, Obama has carefully crafted a message to voters that Donald Trump is not the right person to lead the United States, saying earlier this month that they cannot dismiss his remarks about women as "just another day's headline." The first lady is "one of the most admired people in America, period," Fallon said. "And I think it's exceptional to have the opportunity to have a strong woman like the first lady attest to another strong woman like Hillary Clinton who is running for president."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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